---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to executive branch and judiciary fees and food and lodging establishments"
description: "An act relating to executive branch and judiciary fees and food and lodging establishments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 515"
citation: "Vermont H. 515 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Ways and Means"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-03-24"
last_action: "2017-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1ba5092-a9ab-42f3-86e4-c968608d0ebc"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/925"
source_hash: "b5c4446c47e3b8a4b583844792f39ad080ddd04a13b62f1e033e8eef386464fe"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-vt"]
---

# Vermont H. 515 (2017-2018) — An act relating to executive branch and judiciary fees and food and lodging establishments

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0515/H-0515%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT076/ACT076%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT076/ACT076%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0515/H-0515%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0515/H-0515%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Ways and Means — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-03-24** Committee Bill read first time
- **2017-03-28** Read Second Time
- **2017-03-28** Rep. Young of Glover spoke for the committee on Ways and Means
- **2017-03-28** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-03-29** Read Third time
- **2017-03-29** Passed `passage`
- **2017-03-31** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance `introduction`
- **2017-04-24** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2017-04-25** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-04-25** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2017-04-26** Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- **2017-04-26** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2017-04-26** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Lyons
- **2017-04-26** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Lyons for Committee on Finance
- **2017-04-26** Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Lyons; text
- **2017-04-26** Proposal of amendment agreed to
- **2017-04-26** Consideration interrupted by adjournment
- **2017-04-26** Consideration resumed
- **2017-04-26** Consideration postponed on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-04-26** Consideration resumed
- **2017-04-26** Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Lyons; text
- **2017-04-26** Proposal of amendment agreed to
- **2017-04-26** Consideration postponed to next legislative day on motion of Senator Cummings
- **2017-04-27** Consideration postponed Pending Question: Shall the Senate propose to the House to amend the bill as proposed by the Committee on Finance, as amended?
- **2017-04-27** Consideration resumed
- **2017-04-27** Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Lyons, Ayer, and Ingram; text
- **2017-04-27** Proposal of amendment agreed to
- **2017-04-27** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance, as amended, agreed to
- **2017-04-27** 3rd reading ordered
- **2017-04-28** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-04-28** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2017-04-28** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-04-28** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2017-05-01** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
- **2017-05-01** Senate Proposal of Amendment not concurred in and Committee of Conference requested upon motion of Rep. Young of Glover
- **2017-05-01** Speaker appointed Young of Glover, Wood of Waterbury and Baser of Bristol as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- **2017-05-01** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Savage of Swanton
- **2017-05-02** House message House refused to concur in Senate proposal of amendment & requested Conference Committee; House Conference Committee members appointed
- **2017-05-03** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Lyons, Cummings, and Campion
- **2017-05-08** Committee of Conference Report
- **2017-05-10** New Business/Committee of Conference Report
- **2017-05-11** Committee of Conference Report
- **2017-05-11** Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Lyons for Committee, text
- **2017-05-11** Committee of Conference report adopted
- **2017-05-11** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-05-12** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
- **2017-05-12** Committee of Conference report adopted (House bill) `passage`
- **2017-05-18** House message House adopted Conference Committee report
- **2017-06-13** Signed by Governor on June 13, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-13** House message: Governor approved bill on June 13, 2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1ba5092-a9ab-42f3-86e4-c968608d0ebc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).